Tips & etiquette for Twitter bliss
Newbies, seasoned tweeters and gurus rejoice! Search for Twitter mistakes on Google and you will get nothing but the same old dross about ‘having a profile pic’ and ‘don’t auto-follow’ etc, in your results. Dull, dull, dull. It’s all been done and said before. So without further ado, I bring you 10 completely new Twitter mistakes, observations and tips to creating value for your followers, avoiding common pitfalls and more.
Enjoy!
1. DMs
People who begin using Twitter, gravitate towards DMs as it feels like email. Safe private conversations. People need reminding not to bring the short falls of email to Twitter, conversations should be public where possible and only private if absolutely necessary.
2. RTs without reading
An easy trap to fall into if you don’t have enough time to read an article. You may begin retweeting based on the strength of a title alone. But that title may be misleading and not what the article is about, so always check first. Sending around flippant retweets, is the equivalent of spam emails or unsolicited mail through the door.
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